Captive Society

finally got back her own ongoing series after more than 26 years. In between there had been a miniseries and various appearances in other Marvel titles. Until recently she had been held captive by Skrulls and her good name had been dragged through the mud. Spider-Woman aka Jessica Drew sits around feeling sorry for herself until Abigail Brand offers her the chance to exact a little revenge on the alien race who wronged her by becoming an agent of S.W.O.R.D. and hunting down the remaining Skrulls who are still in hiding. Issue #1 goes through the origin of Spider-Woman in a nutshell and recaps the whole Skrull invasion story that nicely sets up the status quo. Eisner award winner Alex Maleev carries his distinctive granular artwork over from Daredevil (Jessica has a face!), and Brian Michael Bendis puts his stamp with a first person approach. Issues #1-5 comprise the initial story arc.

finally got back her own ongoing series after more than 26 years. In between there had been a miniseries and various appearances in other Marvel titles. Until recently she had been held captive by Skrulls and her good name had been dragged through the mud. Spider-Woman aka Jessica Drew sits around feeling sorry for herself until Abigail Brand offers her the chance to exact a little revenge on the alien race who wronged her by becoming an agent of S.W.O.R.D. and hunting down the remaining Skrulls who are still in hiding. Considering the creative team involved, issue #1 was a very good first issue. There's the origin of Spider-Woman in a nutshell, a recap of the whole Skrull invasion story that nicely sets up the status quo, fight scenes and tease to segue with the next issue. And of course there's Spider-Woman costume. As for the rest--the art (much too reminiscent of Daredevil for me, but Jessica has a face!), the way it's written (Bendis' first-person approach, for instance), etc., you have to read this series yourselves and form your own opinions.